Letter: CPV threat looms; activists innocent

Tuesday

Jul 11, 2017 at 2:53 PMJul 11, 2017 at 2:53 PM

I witnessed the trial of the Wawayanda Six. Neither the prosecutor or Town Justice Tim McElduff disputed the testimony presented by world-renowned scientists that CPV’s power plant threatens public health, safety and welfare. Contrary to the “fake facts” CPV fed Wawayanda's Planning Board, the plant infrastructure will emit more than 4.7 million tons of CO2, methane and other toxic, carcinogenic substances annually, more than twice what the air and water permits were based on.

CPV owners/investors go scot free. McElduff based his guilty verdict on a technicality. In his judgement, the threat posed by CPV is not "imminent." What is wrong with his "judgement"? Merriam-Webster defines "imminent" as "ready to take place; hanging threateningly over one's head." Given the trial testimony, anyone with an ounce of common sense, understands that the threat posed by CPV is clearly "imminent." McElduff's verdict jails innocent environmental advocates.